How To Install tigervnc-xorg-extension on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tigervnc-xorg-extension on Kali Linux.

What is tigervnc-xorg-extension

tigervnc-xorg-extension is:

VNC stands for Virtual Network Computing. It is, in essence, a remote display system which allows you to view a computing `desktop’ environment not only on the machine where it is running, but from anywhere on the Internet and from a wide variety of machine architectures.

This package contains an X server connector so VNC clients can connect to your local X desktop directly.

There are three methods to install tigervnc-xorg-extension on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install tigervnc-xorg-extension Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install tigervnc-xorg-extension using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install tigervnc-xorg-extension

Install tigervnc-xorg-extension Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tigervnc-xorg-extension using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tigervnc-xorg-extension

Install tigervnc-xorg-extension Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install tigervnc-xorg-extension using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tigervnc-xorg-extension

How To Uninstall tigervnc-xorg-extension on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the tigervnc-xorg-extension package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tigervnc-xorg-extension

Uninstall tigervnc-xorg-extension And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tigervnc-xorg-extension and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tigervnc-xorg-extension

Remove tigervnc-xorg-extension Configurations and Data

To remove tigervnc-xorg-extension configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tigervnc-xorg-extension

Remove tigervnc-xorg-extension configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove tigervnc-xorg-extension configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tigervnc-xorg-extension

Dependencies

tigervnc-xorg-extension have the following dependencies:

• xserver-xorg-core

References

• tigervnc-xorg-extension website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tigervnc-xorg-extension package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.